FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Marc
Malakie
Station 4 Gallery
marc@station4.co.uk
Station
4 Presents the Art of Emory Douglas, Former Minister of Culture of The Black
Panther Party
San
Francisco, California (January 2009) - Station 4 is presenting three historic
Emory
Douglas propaganda art pieces originally published in the Black
Panther newspaper in 1970 and 1971. The limited edition silk-screened
images are the first of a twelve print collectors series.
In
1967 Emory Douglas became an active member of the Black Panther Party based in
San Francisco and quickly became responsible for the design of the Black
Panther's official paper of the party.
“Many
of the images may shock viewers coming to them for the first time. These
images, some nearly forty years old, are still as powerful as when Emory
Douglas first created them. They are dangerous pictures, and they were meant to
change the world. Douglas was the Revolutionary Artist of the Black Panther
Party and then became its Minister of Culture, part of the national leadership.
Douglas created the overall design of the Black Panther, the party’s weekly newspaper, and oversaw its
layout and production until the party’s discontinuance in the early 1980s.
During this era Douglas made countless artworks, illustrations, and cartoons,
which were reproduced in the paper and distributed as prints, posters, cards
and even sculptures.”
Sam Durant,
Contemporary Artist / Editor
(Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., NY)
His
slogans such as, “ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE” and “YOU CAN MURDER A REVOLUTIONARY,
BUT YOU CAN’T MURDER A REVOLUTION” as well as coining and popularizing such
terms as “pigs” and “rats” to describe police and politicians made Douglas
clearly understand that at that time, the most important thing was to give the
people more economic, political and social empowerment.
It
has been 40 years since the 1968 Mexican Olympic Games; when the entire world
witnessed Tommy Smith and John Carlos symbolically raise their fists in the Black Power Salute. Douglas’ art from this particular
time in history, documented the ever-growing civil unrest and undying desire
for change.
With Barack Obama’s momentous and well-heeled presidential victory, the release
of these historic art pieces is certainly a promising reminder of how much the
political and social climate has changed since 1968.
Each silk-screened print has been artfully reproduced by the Firehouse Kustom
Rockart Company headquartered in Oakland, California and are signed by Mr.
Douglas and numbered on archival cotton rag paper and reprinted in
collaboration with the artist.
“Emory Douglas’s work is one of the grand historic moments in the black freedom
movement which fused high artistry in images with deep commitment to justice.
His art will live forever!”
Cornel West,
Princeton University
- from "Black Panther, The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas"
(Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., NY)
Historic
art prints by Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture of The Black Panther
Party are available exclusively from Station 4.
Art
Piece Information:
“Warning to America”
Originally published in The Black Panther, June 27, 1970
Reprinted at Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company
2 colour silkscreen (edition of 150 / signed and numbered by the artist)
Printed on archival cotton rag paper. Limit 1 per customer.
(c) 2008 Emory Douglas / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
20” x 30” (50.8 x 76.2cm)
Price: £200.00
“Our People’s Army”
Originally published in The Black Panther, April 18, 1970
Reprinted at Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company
2 colour silkscreen (edition of 150 / signed and numbered by the artist)
Printed on archival cotton rag paper. Limit 1 per customer.
(c) 2008 Emory Douglas / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
20” x 30” (50.8 x 76.2cm)
Price: £200.00
“They Should Be Paying My
Rent”
Originally published in The Black Panther, February 27, 1971
Reprinted at Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company
2 colour silkscreen (edition of 150 / signed and numbered by the artist)
Printed on archival cotton rag paper. Limit 1 per customer.
(c) 2008 Emory Douglas / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
20” x 30” (50.8 x 76.2cm)
Price: £200.00
For media inquiries, further information or to
request high-resolution images please visit www.station4.co.uk.
ABOUT STATION 4
- Station 4 works with and represents artists from all parts of the world,
providing a retail outlet as well as educational hub for those interested in
learning more about serigraph art making.
Our network of master printer artists will provide a forum for the exchange of
information as well as offer formidable technical and artistic knowledge in a
supportive atmosphere, where artists will be able to exchange information and
grow.
Through this website our goal is not only to reach a wider audience, but to
expose and exhibit the newest works from some of the most prolific masters of
silk-screened printing. Each piece will be signed and numbered from limited
editions and available for purchase.
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